ESPN made a play for the NHL when the contract between NBC and the NHL expired, obviously the NBC was a lot better, but i am actually fine with the NHL not being on ESPN, they care more about basketball and other sports then the NHL. I think NBC has been getting better and better each year with their broadcast and the fact that they made it available that you could watch all the playoffs games was pretty clutch, ESPN wouldn't do that

Has anyone seen these games? Watched a rebroadcast last night (Lev v. Dynamos) and it seemed like Melrose Barry was trying to talk us out of watching the game, rather than being happy that we are watching programming on the network that is paying him to be there. We realize that no one in the KHL has achieved anything like he did in the NHL as a player and coach (said sarcastically), but dont make us feel like we are wasting our time.